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Decision making & problem solving

Using groups for decision-making: the key risks and challenges for leaders and how to deal with them

Human brains are quite inefficient cognitive machines. All of us regularly fail to see things accurately around us, we make poor assumptions, we misremember facts, we give in to cognitive biases, and we often make decisions based on emotional whims, rather than thinking rationally. In short, as individuals, we get Read more…

By Mike Owen, 3 years2022-01-17 ago
Groups and teams

Making the most of ‘cognitively-diverse’ teams: how and why they perform better.

In today’s world, most challenges and problems need the work of a team, rather than just an individual working alone. The key ingredient is the ‘collective intelligence’ of the group as a whole, which can usually deal much better with complex or unfamiliar problems. And a major factor driving such Read more…

By Mike Owen, 4 years2021-08-22 ago
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